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Begich talks politics, goals for new job
Alaska Sen. Mark Begich said he and his colleagues in the Senate are digging into a massive 1,300-page climate and energy bill passed by the U.S. House June 26 to understand its impacts and to put their own imprint on the bill.
Communications Station Kodiak to hold change of command
Media interested in attending should contact Chief Warrant Officer Phillip Jordinelli at 487-5426 or the Coast Guard District 17 Public Affairs staff at 487-5700. KODIAK, Alaska Coast Guard Communications Station Kodiak will hold a change of command ceremony Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in the Golden Anchor on Coast Guard base Kodiak where Lt.
Kodiak land dispute comes to conclusion
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a request to review a land dispute between a Kodiak rancher and a village Native corporation, effectively ending a court battle that has dragged on for more than three decades.
Kodiak Island sport fishing restrictions tightened
SEAN PEARSON / Associated Press archive 2006 / Kindal Murry, of Columbia Falls, Mont., right, stands by a 77-pound lingcod he caught in 2006.
Alaska Coast Guard searching for missing Chinese crewmember in North Pacific Ocean
KODIAK, Alaska The Coast Guard is searching for a 37-year-old Chinese crewmember presumed to have fallen overboard from the 685-foot container ship Sao Paulo approximately 754 miles southwest of Kodiak in the North Pacific Ocean.
Salmon may be affected by ocean shifts
A second straight year of weak king salmon returns around the rim of the Gulf of Alaska has state fisheries biologists wondering if they might be staring into the face of a bleak future.
AK Fishing Boat Repowered with Isuzu
Kodiak Diesel in Kodiak, Alaska has just finished the repower of the F/V Jeanoah an 84 ft crabbing and long line vessel owned by Fairweather Fisheries, Jerry Bongen & James Stevens.
Men rescued after two days adrift in skiff
Rod Whitehead had doubts he'd see his five children again as he marked 52 hours adrift in an open skiff in the northern Pacific on Father's Day.
Inlet fishermen report jump in sightings of big whales
SENATORS: SEE ALASKA SHRINK ON YOUR SUMMER BREAK : Summer tourists are lured to Alaska by the midnight sun, abundant wildlife and world-class sport fishing.
After interviewing three of seven applicants, the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District has invited D. Allan Gee to become Homer High School's next principal.
Homer keeps place as No. 1 halibut port
The past two weeks have seen dock prices in Homer jump as much as $1 per pound as summer demand increases.
State closes Deshka River to king salmon fishing
One of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough's most popular streams will be closed to king salmon fishing because of poor returns.
Every summer since she and her family moved to Anchorage in 1998, Donna White has proudly donned the colorful ball caps worn by survivors and sufferers of breast cancer at the annual Alaska Run For Women.
Late runs prompt closure of some Kodiak fisheries
State officials are closing or restricting several sport fisheries in the Kodiak area because of late salmon runs.
Most of Kodiak crew misses debut on 'Deadliest Catch'
ALASKA HIGHWAY OPEN AGAIN THROUGH B.C. FIRE ZONE A huge lightning-caused forest fire in northern British Columbia that has frustrated firefighters and closed the Alaska Highway intermittently for the past week continues to grow but at a somewhat slower pace.
Lawmakers claim enough votes to override Palin
"I would be surprised if we didn't override her," North Pole Republican Rep. John Coghill said.
Summer camp offers drum-making skills
Growing up in Kodiak she didn't have the opportunity to attend workshops that taught her more about her Native heritage.
Kodiak residents take stormy Crab Festival in stride
In Kodiak snowstorms usually make winter's arrival hard to ignore. It's a subtler shift from spring to summer.
Humpback whale found on bow of oil tanker
An oil tanker struck an endangered humpback whale and carried it on its bow into Port Valdez.
Rough weather halts planning run for Alaskan Wet Dog Race
The team of people paving the trail for a 2,000-mile personal watercraft race have called off their trip, short of their goal of reaching Iliamna.
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